20-year-old accused in Christmas Day shooting

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Dec 25, 2016 at 6:41 PMDec 25, 2016 at 6:59 PM

Man shot allegedly threatened woman with a handgun

A Peletier man has been charged with the Christmas Day shooting of another man who allegedly threatened the shooter's mother with a handgun.
Alex Michael Becker, 20, of Sandspur Lane in Peletier, was charged today with assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury with intent to kill for allegedly shooting Jeffrey Alan Joseph, 43, several times in the torso, according to a press release from the Carteret County Sheriff's Office.
According to the release, Joseph confronted Becker’s mother this afternoon around 1 with a handgun before firing a round in the air and additional shots toward Becker. Becker then got a shotgun, returned to Sandspur Lane and fired multiple times at Joseph, hitting him in the torso, according to CCSO. Joseph was taken to Carteret Health Care, stabilized and then Vidant Medical Center in Greenville for treatment of the pellet wounds, according to CCSO. His condition was not immediately available.

Becker was placed in the Carteret County Jail under a $100,000 bond. At the time of the alleged shooting, Becker was out on a $50,000 bond after being arrested on Dec. 20 on burglary, kidnapping, assault with a deadly weapon, and two additional assault charged from an unrelated Dec. 18 incident.

Additional criminal charges on others involved in the incident are possible, according to the release.